Not to gloat, lest the scorching spirits of summertime be provoked, but on Saturday the mercury in the District failed for a third successive day to reach 90 degrees.
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Survivors of violent crime had a meeting in Detroit to advocate for themselves and have a larger march planned in Washington this September.
The non-partisan group works to pass bills to protect victim rights. The group includes survivors of gun violence, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
The national network promotes public safety policies to protect people impacted by crime. On Saturday, survivors shared their stories as they prepare to go to Washington in September.
The Right to Heal campaign will bring 2,500 survivors to Washington for a march and healing vigil. One key issue is compensation programs, which provide access to vital resources and support services.
The group said that a vast majority of victims are not aware that help is available.
Learn more about Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice on their website at cssj.org.
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Gray D.C. Saturday seemed a summer landmark
That was two degrees cooler than the 89s of Thursday and Friday, and three degrees below the average high for the date of 90.
In a way, that below average reading seemed a special sign of defiance of Washington’s heat at its most formidable.
Saturday’s 87 came on the 94th anniversary of the date the temperature in Washington reached the fearsome figure of 106 degrees, the highest reading ever recorded in the District.
That 106 degree temperature of July 20 in 1930 had been reached in Washington once before; the first time was on Aug. 6, 1918. Saturday’s 87 was 19 degrees cooler.
By halting its climb at 87 degrees, Saturday’s temperature gave Washington its first string of three successive days in the 80s since the first three days of July.
In another seeming break with this summer’s trends, Saturday also provided the city with a predominantly gray and overcast sky, and even a few raindrops.
Rain has often been sparse in parts of the Washington region this summer, so even the small amount of rain officially measured for the District might loom large.
As of 5 p.m. the official figure was .02 inch. That amount may be nobody’s downpour. But it might at least signal that the mechanisms that produce rainfall have not been scrapped.
A sprinkling of raindrops fell on the city for a couple of hours at least, moistening pavements, creating concentric ripples in puddles and giving the sensation, perhaps, that it would amount to more than it actually did.
The sensation was enhanced by the thick gray clouds that lumbered across the sky, dark billows that seemed destined to unleash great torrents, but in many places, at least, never quite did.
But the very presence of raindrops may have added a distinctive touch to a day that merited recognition on other grounds. For example, Saturday was 30 days since the June 20 solstice, which started astronomical summer.
As a result, Saturday was almost one third of the way from the solstice to the Sept. 22 autumn equinox.
Saturday gave signs of slow erosion in the luxurious expanse of daylight for which summer is known. According to the timeanddate website, sunrise in the District on Saturday was still before 6 a.m. — but only a minute before.
On Sunday, as daylight shrinks by ever larger amounts, sunrise will not be until 6 a.m.
Nevertheless it would seem foolhardy at the least not to remain aware that we are far from finished with summer, and it is far from finished with us.
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NMSP K9 Officer Julian Armijo Honored In Washington, D.C. With 2023 United States Interdiction Coordinator Award For Highway Interdictions
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NMSP K9 Officer Julian Armijo holds the award he was presented in Washington, D.C., for being the 2023 United States Interdiction Coordinator Award for Highway Interdictions. Photo Courtesy NMSP
NMSP NEWS RELEASE
On July 19, 2024, New Mexico State Police K9 Officer Julian Armijo and the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Group were presented with the 2023 United States Interdiction Coordinator (USIC) Award for Highway Interdictions. The USIC awards are given to recipients from law enforcement agencies across the country in several categories for their exemplary contributions to the counterdrug mission to reduce the supply of illicit substances in our communities.
On September 13, 2023, at around 03:55 a.m., Officer Armijo, who is also an HSI HIDTA Task Force Officer, initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for a traffic violation. Officer Armijo learned the female driver and male passenger were traveling from Phoenix, AZ to Albuquerque, NM. Through investigation, Officer Armijo located 10,500 grams (10.5 Kilos) of fentanyl tablets in the vehicle.
Upon making the discovery, HSI Special Agents responded to assist with the investigation. Subsequent investigation implicated the male passenger, Nathen Garley, in a shooting that resulted in the murder of an 11-year-old child, and critically injured his cousin outside of Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, NM.
“I am extremely proud of the work my officers do across this great state every day. That work is exemplified by Officer Julian Armijo and what it means to be a New Mexico State Police Officer,” said Troy Weisler, Chief of the New Mexico State Police. “Not only did Officer Armijo stop fentanyl from being brought to our state and poisoning our communities, but thanks to our partnership with HSI we also took a wanted murderer off our streets.”
We would like to congratulate Officer Armijo and the HSI ABQ HIDTA initiative on their outstanding work, which led to their receiving this award, and for making New Mexico a safer place for its citizens.
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